New research finds that brain development is not linear. There are distinct phases with unique characteristics.

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By contrast, glial cells seemed to be electrically silent and were dismissed as dull by most researchers. Some glia, called ...

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The human brain has four distinct turning points where its structure changes, according to a study published in the journal ...

Cambridge neuroscientists discover five distinct stages of brain development from birth to 90, revealing key turning points ...

CAMBRIDGE, UK — The human brain doesn't simply grow and then decline. Instead, it moves through five distinct structural ...

A large study of brain scans shows that our neural wiring evolves through five major stages from birth to late old age. These ...

According to the researchers: Childhood brain topology reaches a turning point at age 9, transitioning to the adolescent phase. The adolescent phase lasts right up to age 32, on average. In the early ...